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Author Case, Stephen (Stephen Reid), author.

Title Making stars physical : the astronomy of Sir John Herschel / Stephen Case
Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Herschel's Stars; 1. A Celestial Inheritance; 2. Ledgers Full of Stars; 3. Double Stars; 4. Variable Stars; 5. Nebulae; 6. Light; 7. A New Sublime Astronomy; Conclusion: Copernicus of the Sidereal Heavens; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary The astronomical career of Britain's John Herschel (1792-1871), son of William Herschel
Notes Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Notre Dame, 2014) issued under title: Making stars physical : John Herschel's stellar astronomy, 1816-71
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 5, 2018)
Subject Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
SUBJECT Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 fast
Subject Astronomers -- 19th century -- Biography
Astronomy -- History -- 19th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
SCIENCE -- History.
SCIENCE -- General.
Astronomers
Astronomy
Astronomie
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Hochschulschrift.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822986119
0822986116